Main Street Summit

It just keeps getting better. From Sahil Bloom, Carl Edwards, & Will Thorndike To D.A. Wallach, Donna Harris, Justin Mares, Tamara Winter & David Senra Our speaker list is LIVE (and still growing)! Main Street Summit is where quality meets quantity. -100+ speakers -12+ stages -7 content Tracks Learn & connect with some of the most accomplished operators & business builders from around the world. Reserve your passes today & join us in Columbia on November 4th - 6th. Details below. ??

We’re pumped to welcome Jenny Young to Columbia as a featured Franchise Track speaker at Main Street Summit! It's no surprise she's featured this year on Inc. Magazine's Female Founders list. Her company, the Brooklyn Robot Foundry, is a trendsetting franchise empowering kids to build confidence & hone their creativity through hands-on lessons & activities. Simply put, Jenny is one of the country’s most dynamic business builders. We can’t wait to learn from her at Main Street in November.

New here? Welcome! For those who just found us after we released our 2025 speaker lineup this month, you might be wondering… What, exactly, IS Main Street Summit? Two years ago we launched a large-scale festival for business owners, operators, investors, & teams in our hometown of Columbia, MO. Main Street Summit is our ode to the economy’s real heartbeat: small & medium-sized businesses. It’s a chance to connect with and learn from some of the most successful business builders in the world. The 2+ day schedule is filled with expert-driven content, engaging conversations with practitioners, great people, warm hospitality, & plenty of fun. As one attendee put it: Main Street Summit is “the Coachella of company building.” We’re excited to share the incredible quality and quantity of?valuable content & one-of-a-kind experiences planned for this year’s festival. We hope you join us on November 4th - 6th!

ICYMI: We announced our speaker lineup last week! Main Street Summit 2025 is gonna be electric. Our vision has always been to create a festival where all facets of operating small to medium-sized businesses are addressed openly & honestly. It’s not just about deploying capital, managing people, & marketing products & services. It’s also about investing in personal & team health & being unafraid to dive into the role one’s faith plays in business building. Some of the world’s best practitioners across all areas of owning & operating businesses are headed to Main Street. Check out the full speaker lineup below. And make plans now to join us in Columbia on November 4th - 6th.

Be mindful of this mental model today (and every day): Probabilistic Thinking Shane Parrish goes into detail on how to position ourselves to benefit from serendipity & randomness in volume 1 of his book The Great Mental Models. But here’s 1 concrete way you can increase your odds of success: Attend Main Street Summit in November. One of the most productive ways to grow your business is to learn from the experiences of others. And Main Street features the world’s best business builders across venture-backed startups, franchises, construction & manufacturing businesses, & a whole lot more. The upside is nearly limitless. Check out our incredible list of speakers - and Main Street’s 7 content Tracks - below. May the odds ever be in your favor! ??

It just keeps getting better. From Sahil Bloom, Carl Edwards, & Will Thorndike To D.A. Wallach, Donna Harris, Justin Mares, Tamara Winter & David Senra Our speaker list is LIVE (and still growing)! Main Street Summit is where quality meets quantity. -100+ speakers -12+ stages -7 content Tracks Learn & connect with some of the most accomplished operators & business builders from around the world. Reserve your passes today & join us in Columbia on November 4th - 6th. Details below. ??

The key ingredient found in every successful business is this: A network of meaningful relationships. Both professional and personal. No one’s more qualified to show you how to lead & learn from others with intention & humility than Steve Cockram. Steve recently joined Chris Powers’ The Fort podcast (see below) for a wide-ranging conversation on how relationships drive success (and how you can build better ones). We’re thrilled that Steve & Chris will run it back& return to lead sessions at Main Street Summit 2025. In the meantime, enjoy this discussion from two exceptional people and builders.

There's no place like Main Street. Especially when it's buzzing with 100+ world-class speakers addressing the most pressing topics facing small & medium-sized businesses in today's rapidly changing economy. ?? Their mastery is your blueprint. We're pumped to release the full Main Street Summit 2025 speaker lineup in the coming days! See below to get access to the complete list.

We’re on track. Have you heard we’re introducing 6 new content Tracks later this year? Learn from the best operators in: -Manufacturing -Health -Faith & Work -Franchise -Construction -Non-Profit -Venture & Startup ?? PLUS, we’re on track to release the full speaker lineup for Main Street Summit 2025! Find out when (and be the first to see it) in the comment below.

Who is going to Main Street Summit in November? I’d love to hear about your prior experiences and what you are looking forward to this year. The word is Brent Beshore Shegun Otulana and a lot of other cool people will be there. Peter Ostapko - are you going? https://lnkd.in/gDUtzAF3